1950 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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1950 Kansas Jayhawks football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record6–4 (3–3 Big 7)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Amberg, Mike McCormack
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Oklahoma $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 17 Nebraska 4 2 0 6 2 1
Missouri 3 2 1 4 5 1
Kansas 3 3 0 6 4 0
Iowa State 2 3 1 3 6 1
Colorado 2 4 0 5 4 1
Kansas State 0 6 0 1 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1950 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the

Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas
.

The team's statistical leaders included Wade Stinson with 1,129 rushing yards (the program's first 1,000-yard rusher) and 84 points scored,[3] and Chet Strehlow with 651 passing yards.[4] John Amberg and Mike McCormack were the team captains.[2] Other notable members of the team included George Mrkonic.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23TCU*L 7–1432,000
September 29at Denver*W 46–614,218[5]
October 7Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 27–2124,000–25,000
October 14at Iowa StateW 33–2117,392
October 21Oklahoma A&M*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 40–722,500
October 28Nebraskadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS (rivalry)
L 26–3339,000
November 4at
Utah*
W 39–2613,000
November 11No. 3 OklahomaNo. 19
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
L 13–3337,621[6]
November 18at
rivalry
)
W 47–718,000
November 23at MissouriL 6–2018,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1950 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. ^ a b 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 183.
  3. ^ 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, pp. 127, 138.
  4. ^ 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 131.
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